Emil smith



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. V

EMIL SMITH, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,335, dated December1, 1885.

Application filed March 25, 1885. Serial No. l60,061. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL SMITH, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York,have invented a new and Improved Guff-Holder,of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention isto provide a new and improved device ofsimple construction for holding a cuffon the sleeve-button on thewristband, and which device holds the cuff securely and permits ofattaching and removing the cuff very rapidly.

The invention consists in the combination, with two plates pivotedtogether and adapted to be held on a button, of a stem held to turn onone of the plates, and having two crosspieces at right angles to eachother.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side view of a cuff held by my improved cuff-holder. Fig.2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe under side of the holder. Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinalsectional view of the same, and Fig. 5 is a side view of anotherconstruction.

A plate, A, has a notch, B, in one end, and has two ears, 0, formed onthe side edges, which ears project upward. A plate, D, having one endnotched, has two downwardlyprojecting ears, E,which are pivoted by apin, F, to the cars 0, around which pin a springwire, G, is coiled, theends of which rest against the inner surfaces of the plates A and D andpress the notched ends together. The notched end of the plate D is bentdownward, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The upper plate has a recess, H, inits under side at the notched end, and a projection, J, in its uppersurface. A stem, K, is pivoted on the end of the plate D, and isprovided on its top with a crosspiece, L, and in its lower end with ahead, llLwithin the recess H. A cross piece or head, N, at right anglesto the cross piece or head L, is formed on the lower part of the stem K,directly above the projection J. The finger ends of the plates A D arepressed together to separate the notched ends, and the shank O of thesleeve-button P is passed into the notch B in the plate A, so that thehead Q of the button will be above the plate A. The plates A D arereleased, and the spring G presses the notched and bent end of the plateD upon the head Q, and thus the device is held on the button P in thewristband T. The head L is passed through the buttonholes Vin the innerend of the cuff R, the said head being parallel with the buttonholes,and then the heads L are turned at right angles to the button-holes,whereby the crosspiece N is brought into a position parallel with thebutton-holes and passes into them, and thus prevents'the stem fromturning and keeps the head L at right angles to the buttonhole.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 5 teeth at are formed in the edges ofthe plates A and D, so as to permit the device to grip on the edge ofthe wristband, 800., for the purpose of holding the attachment to thesaid band more securely, or for holding it in case the button isdetached.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A cuff-holder comprising two spring-operated platespivoted together to form grasping-jaws at one end, and one of saidplates having a headed stem on its outer face at its grasping end,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,with two pivoted springoperated plates constructedwith graspingjaws at one end, of a horizontally-turning stem pivoted onthe outer face of one of said plates, over its grasping end,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination,withtw0 pivoted springoperated plates havinggrasping-jaws formed at one end, one grasping end being notched, of aheaded stem on the outer surface of the opposite plate, near itsgrasping end, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination,with two plates pivoted together, of a stem held toturn on the end of one of the plates, a cross piece or head on the upperend of the stem, and a cross-piece on the lower part of the stem, and atright angles to the cross-piece on the end of the stem, substantially asherein shown and described.

5. The combination, with a spring-clamp, of the stem K, having thecross-pieces L and N at right angles to each other and formed on thestem, substantially as herein shown and the plate A, and having its endbent, of the 10 described. I a stern K on the plate D, and having thecross.-

6. The combination, with the plate A, havpieces L and N at right anglesto each other, ing a notch, B, and the plate D, pivoted tolsubstantially as herein shown and described.

5 gether, of the stemK, having the cross-pieces L and N at right anglesto each other, substan' EMIL SMITH tially as herein shown and described.Witnesses:

7. The combination, with the plate A, hav- ANDERSON WOODs, ing a notch,B, and the plate D, pivoted to EDWARD M. SMITH.

